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Granted Patent B2
US 11,112,782 · App. 16/624,677 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Process anomalous state diagnostic device and process anomalous state diagnosis method

Inventor: Takehide Hirata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
G05B23/0281B21B38/00
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Patent No.
US 11,112,782
App. No.
16/624,677
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A process anomalous state diagnostic device configured to diagnose an anomalous state of a process based on deviation indexes for the magnitude of deviation from a reference that is a normal state of the process includes: a color mapping unit configured to configure a two-dimensional matrix that has a first axis as an axis of a temporal factor including time and that has a second axis as an axis of an item of each deviation index, associate each cell of the matrix with data for an item of the deviation index and the temporal factor, and allocate a color in accordance with the magnitude of the deviation index to each cell of the matrix; and a color map display unit configured to display a color map produced by the color mapping unit.

Claims (32)

1. A process anomalous state diagnostic device configured to diagnose an anomalous state of a process based on deviation indexes for a magnitude of deviation from a reference that is a normal state of the process, the process anomalous state diagnostic device comprising:

a color mapping unit configured to configure a two-dimensional matrix that has a first axis as an axis of a temporal factor including time and that has a second axis as an axis of an item of each deviation index, associate each cell of the matrix with data for an item of the deviation index and the temporal factor, and allocate a color in accordance with the magnitude of the deviation index to each cell of the matrix; and

a color map display unit configured to display a color map produced by the color mapping unit.

2. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a deviation index calculation unit configured to select variables indicating the state of the process and calculate the deviation index based on the difference between a prediction value by a prediction model that predicts an actual value of each selected variable and the actual value.

3. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 1 , wherein the deviation index is a physical quantity including a vibration value or a temperature value of a facility included in the process and indicating soundness of the facility.

4. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 1 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to configure a matrix having a hierarchical structure including plurality of layers by collecting each cell of the matrix for each predetermined interval on the first axis, associate a collective value of collected deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and allocate a color in accordance with the magnitude of the collective value of the deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and

the color map display unit is configured to display, when a first pointer operation is performed on a cell of a color map corresponding to the matrix at a certain layer, a color map corresponding to the matrix one layer lower than the certain layer.

5. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 2 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to configure a matrix having a hierarchical structure including plurality of layers by collecting each cell of the matrix for each predetermined interval on the first axis, associate a collective value of collected deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and allocate a color in accordance with the magnitude of the collective value of the deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and

the color map display unit is configured to display, when a first pointer operation is performed on a cell of a color map corresponding to the matrix at a certain layer, a color map corresponding to the matrix one layer lower than the certain layer.

6. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 3 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to configure a matrix having a hierarchical structure including plurality of layers by collecting each cell of the matrix for each predetermined interval on the first axis, associate a collective value of collected deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and allocate a color in accordance with the magnitude of the collective value of the deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and

the color map display unit is configured to display, when a first pointer operation is performed on a cell of a color map corresponding to the matrix at a certain layer, a color map corresponding to the matrix one layer lower than the certain layer.

7. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 4 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to collect each cell of the matrix for each batch processing in the process.

8. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 5 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to collect each cell of the matrix for each batch processing in the process.

9. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 6 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to collect each cell of the matrix for each batch processing in the process.

10. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 1 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to configure a matrix having a hierarchical structure including plurality of layers by collecting each cell of the matrix for each item of the deviation index on the second axis, associate a collective value of collected deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and allocate a color in accordance with the magnitude of the collective value of the deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and

the color map display unit is configured to display, when a second pointer operation is performed on a cell of a color map corresponding to the matrix at a certain layer, a color map corresponding to the matrix one layer lower than the certain layer.

11. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 2 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to configure a matrix having a hierarchical structure including plurality of layers by collecting each cell of the matrix for each item of the deviation index on the second axis, associate a collective value of collected deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and allocate a color in accordance with the magnitude of the collective value of the deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and

the color map display unit is configured to display, when a second pointer operation is performed on a cell of a color map corresponding to the matrix at a certain layer, a color map corresponding to the matrix one layer lower than the certain layer.

12. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 3 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to configure a matrix having a hierarchical structure including plurality of layers by collecting each cell of the matrix for each item of the deviation index on the second axis, associate a collective value of collected deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and allocate a color in accordance with the magnitude of the collective value of the deviation indexes to each cell on each layer of the matrix, and

the color map display unit is configured to display, when a second pointer operation is performed on a cell of a color map corresponding to the matrix at a certain layer, a color map corresponding to the matrix one layer lower than the certain layer.

13. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 10 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to collect each cell of the matrix for each property of the deviation index.

14. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 11 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to collect each cell of the matrix for each property of the deviation index.

15. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 12 , wherein the color mapping unit is configured to collect each cell of the matrix for each property of the deviation index.

16. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 13 , wherein the property of the deviation index is a sub process included in the process or a physical quantity indicating the state of the process.

17. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 14 , wherein the property of the deviation index is a sub process included in the process or a physical quantity indicating the state of the process.

18. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 15 , wherein the property of the deviation index is a sub process included in the process or a physical quantity indicating the state of the process.

19. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 1 , further comprising an information display unit configured to associate each cell of the matrix with a corresponding condition of the process and to display the value of the deviation index and the condition of the process corresponding to the cell in a separate window when a third pointer operation is performed on the cell.

20. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a relevant graph display unit configured to associate each cell of the matrix with a temporal sequence chart of the corresponding deviation index or a scatter diagram of variables specified for each corresponding deviation index and to display the temporal sequence chart or the scatter diagram corresponding to the cell in a separate window when a fourth pointer operation is performed on the cell.

21. The process anomalous state diagnostic device according to claim 19 , further comprising a relevant graph display unit configured to associate each cell of the matrix with a temporal sequence chart of the corresponding deviation index or a scatter diagram of variables specified for each corresponding deviation index and to display the temporal sequence chart or the scatter diagram corresponding to the cell in a separate window when a fourth pointer operation is performed on the cell.

22. An anomalous state diagnosis method for a process of diagnosing an anomalous state of a process based on deviation indexes for a magnitude of deviation from a reference that is a normal state of the process, the anomalous state diagnosis method comprising:

a color mapping step of configuring a two-dimensional matrix that has a first axis as an axis of a temporal factor including time and that has a second axis as an axis of an item of each deviation index, associating each cell of the matrix with data for an item of the deviation index and the temporal factor, and allocating a color in accordance with the magnitude of the deviation index to each cell of the matrix; and

a color map display step of displaying a color map produced at the color mapping step.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: HIRATA, TAKEHIDE
To: JFE STEEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 051380/0953 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-119475 · Jun 19, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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